Hawkname

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  A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.

hawknoun詞源 1/ˈhɔːk/

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  A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

  • It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
  • He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
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  Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.

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  biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.

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  governmentpoliticsAn advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

  • A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.
  • “Everybody knows who were the hawks and who were the doves,” Bundy told the ExComm on the morning of October 28, after Khrushchev announced that he was withdrawing his missiles. “Today was the day of the doves.”
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  computingengineeringgame-theoryAn uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.

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  Cold, sharp or biting wind.

  • […] take-out sandwich from Arnie's on Jackson, then a brisk walk to Michigan Avenue in the face of the "Hawk," blowing newspapers and skirts and the gulls wheeling over the Michigan Avenue Bridge in front of […]
  • […] a hand-fired coal furnace that required little attention and kept the cottage coy in spite of "the hawk" blowing icy blasts outside. So in spite of Thumper's continuing discomfort we enjoyed a fairly merry Christmas. But then the base daily bulletin was published with the roster of OGs (officers of the guard) for the[…]

hawkverb詞源 1/ˈhɔːk/

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  To hunt with a hawk.

  • To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt
  • He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.
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  To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

  • to hawk at flies
  • A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

hawknoun詞源 2/ˈhɔːk/

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  A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

hawkverb詞源 3/ˈhɔːk/

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  To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

  • The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
  • His works were hawked in every street.

hawknoun詞源 4/ˈhɔːk/

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  A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

  • The man gave a rattling hawk in his throat and spat directly between Bond and Leiter.

hawkverb詞源 4/ˈhɔːk/

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  To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.

  • to hawk a loogie
  • [I]s a trobled with the cough a the Lunges ſtill? does he hawke anights ſtill?
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  To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

  • Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.